Lidiya Grigoryeva
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Lidiya Grigoryeva (Russian: Лидия Григорьева; born 25 January 1974 in Smychka, Chuvash ASSR) is a Russian long-distance runner from the Chuvashia region.
Running career
[edit]Grigoryeva won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden in a time of 30:32.72, a new personal best and the tenth-best time ever run by a European woman. She also won the 2006 Los Angeles Marathon in a time of 2:25:10 and the 2005 Paris Marathon in 2:27:01. Her personal best over the half marathon is 1:11:01, run in Edmonton at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. She was the women's 2007 Boston Marathon winner with a time of 2:29:18, and captured the 2008 Chicago Marathon title with a 2:27:17 time.
Grigoryeva competed for Russia at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics in the 10,000 metres, finishing ninth and eighth respectively.[1]
Doping
[edit]In 2016, the IAAF announced that the then-42-year-old Grigoryeva had been banned 2+1⁄2 years for doping, based on the results of her biological passport. All results from April 17, 2009, to May 14, 2010, were canceled for Grigorieva.[2][3]
See also
[edit]- List of doping cases in athletics
- List of winners of the Boston Marathon
- List of winners of the Chicago Marathon
- List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
References
[edit]- ^ "Lidiya Grigoryeva". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ "Former Boston Marathon winner Lidiya Grigoryeva banned for doping". Boston.com. Associated Press.
- ^ "Информация о дисквалификации: легкая атлетика | РУСАДА". 2017-04-29. Archived from the original on 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
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